Reference:D. A. Albert and B. V. Barnes. 1987. Effects of clearcutting on the vegetation and soil of a sugar maple-dominated ecosystem, western Upper Michigan. Forest Ecology and Management18:283-298 [ER 34]

Geography

Country: United States

State: Michigan

Coordinate:46° 12' 30" N, 89° 17' 0" W

Basis of coordinate: stated in text

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Climate and habitat

Habitat: temperate broadleaf/mixed forest

Altered habitat: secondary forest

Substrate: ground surface

Disturbance: selective logging

MAT: 4.3

WMT: 18.3

CMT: -10.9

MAP: 864.0

Habitat comments: millions of hectares of second-growth, northern hardwoods forests in this region are the result of commercial clearcutting that occurred in the first half of this century, beginning about 1900 (p. 284)
The ecosystem is dominated by sugar maple in the overstory (p. 285)
JA: the recreation area covers 8500 ha
JA: MAT 4.3 (Fujinuma et al. 2005) WMT 65.0 F CMT 12.4 F (NWS data for Marquette)